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shaundobson
Rivendell

Jun 1 2014, 1:48pm

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The only definite dragons that were alive in the third age were smaug and scatha.

However i read about Dain I and it says that he was killed by a dragon in 2589, so i have 2 questions.

1. Could this have been smaug or scatha?
2. Were there many dragons still alive up until the war of the ring even ?

Otaku-sempai
Immortal

Jun 1 2014, 2:29pm

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Had to be a different dragon. [In reply to]	Can't Post

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Dain I was slain by a cold-drake in TA 2589. And Scatha was killed by Fram of Eotheod in the year 2000. Smaug was a fire-drake. So, the beast that killed Dain had to be a different dragon.

We are told that Smaug was the greatest dragon of his age but not that he was the last. The Dwarves of Thorin's company spoke of dragons in a very matter-of-fact manner that took their existance for granted. Other drakes probably still lived on the Withered Heath and elsewhere.

'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring

Bracegirdle
Valinor

Jun 2 2014, 5:57pm

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And all this time I thought a "cold-drake" was a frozen duck.. Duh [In reply to]	Can't Post

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Dain I was slain by a cold-drake

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